History

It began as a pueblo joven (shantytown) in the vast, empty sand flats to the south of Lima in 1970 because of the urgent housing needs of immigrant families who had left the sierra of Peru. Villa El Salvador evolved into a huge urban zone, largely self-organizing, for which it won some fame. Largely through the efforts of its inhabitants, the neighborhood was supplied with electricity, water, and sewage.

Villa El Salvador served as the home base for the activist María Elena Moyano, who helped organize the Federación Popular de Mujeres de Villa El Salvador (Fepomuves), a federation of women, which grew to encompass activities such as public kitchens, health committees, the Vaso de Leche program (which supplied children with milk), income-generating projects, and committees for basic education. Moyano was killed by members of the Shining Path, which used Villa El Salvador as a base in Lima.

El Salvador

El Salvador (i/ɛlˈsælvədɔːr/; Spanish:[el salβaˈðor]), officially the Republic of El Salvador (Spanish:República de El Salvador, literally "Republic of The Savior"), is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2015, El Salvador had a population of approximately 6.38 million, making it the most densely populated country in the region. Its population consists largely of Mestizos of European and Indigenous American descent.

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El Salvador (ship)

El Salvador alias El Henrique was a Spanish treasure ship that ran aground near present-day Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina during a hurricane in August of 1750. She was traveling with six other Spanish merchantmen including the Nuestra Señora De Soledad which went ashore near present-day Core Banks, NC and the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe which went ashore near present-day Ocracoke, NC.

The merchant ship El Salvador sailed from Cartagena, Colombia for Cadiz, Spain loaded with a cargo of gold and silver where she was part of the Spanish treasure fleet, a convoy system adopted by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790. After taking on supplies in Havana, Cuba the heavily laden El Salvador headed for Cadiz with six other Spanish ships on August 7, 1750. Around noon on August 25 the El Salvador and the six other vessels in the fleet were caught in a hurricane Northeast of present-day Cape Canaveral, Florida. The storm forced the ships North along the Gulf Stream where the El Salvador, Soledad and Guadalupe were driven ashore along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Reports found in the Spanish archives indicate that El Salvador was carrying 240,000 pesos in registered Spanish Treasury funds, made up of four chests of gold coins and sixteen chests of silver coins of varying denominations, plus 50,000 pesos in commercial funds.

El Salvador

A girl cries in the early morningWoken by the sound of a gunShe knows somewhere somebody's dyingBeneath the rising sunOutside the window of her cabañaThe shadows are full of her fearsShe knows her lover is out there somewhereHe's been on the run for a yearOh, the soul of El SalvadorBells ring out in the chapel steepleA priest prepares to say massThe sad congregation come tired and hungryTo pray that trouble will passMeanwhile the sun rises over the dusty streetsWhere his crowd gathers round.Flies and mosquitoes are drinking from pools of bloodWhere the boby is foundOh, the soul of El SalvadorOut on the ranch the rich man's preparingTo go for his morning rideThey've saddled his horse out in the corralHe walks out full of prideHe looks like a cowboy from one of those picturesA president made in the pastPeasants in rags, the stand back for they knowThat El Rico travels fastOver the soul of El SalvadorA girl cries in the early morningWoken by the sound of a gunShe knows somewhere somebody's dyingBeneath the rising sunOutside the window of her cabañaThe shadows are full of her fearsShe knows her lover is out there somewhereHe's been on the run for a yearOh, the soul of El SalvadorOh, the soul of El Salvador

History

It began as a pueblo joven (shantytown) in the vast, empty sand flats to the south of Lima in 1970 because of the urgent housing needs of immigrant families who had left the sierra of Peru. Villa El Salvador evolved into a huge urban zone, largely self-organizing, for which it won some fame. Largely through the efforts of its inhabitants, the neighborhood was supplied with electricity, water, and sewage.

Villa El Salvador served as the home base for the activist María Elena Moyano, who helped organize the Federación Popular de Mujeres de Villa El Salvador (Fepomuves), a federation of women, which grew to encompass activities such as public kitchens, health committees, the Vaso de Leche program (which supplied children with milk), income-generating projects, and committees for basic education. Moyano was killed by members of the Shining Path, which used Villa El Salvador as a base in Lima.

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On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced the end to Temporary Protective Status for 200,000 immigrants from ElSalvador, who have until Sept ... He’s from ElSalvador ... from ElSalvador 27 years ago, escaping a civil war hellscape that meant seeing five or six dead people in the streets every day ... “I am the voice telling people like me to vote,” said Castillo, who came from ElSalvador in 1980....

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